The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.
Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Transportation Code › Title 4 › Chapter 67 › Subchapter C
Texas Transportation Code § 67.032
Exemption
Galveston County Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act · Pilot Licenses and Certificates
Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.